17 Some time
later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew
worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. 18 She said to Elijah, “What do you have
against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my
son?”

19
“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried
him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. 20
Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy
also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” 21
Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the
LORD, “O LORD my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”

22 The LORD
heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. 23
Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the
house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!”

24
Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God
and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.”